South Dakota Discovery Center

06/18/2026

Happy Thursday, Pierre!

Welcome back to Share the Air, your weekly peek at what's floating around in our local air!

We were able to measure our ozone level with our plants today!

This week's AQI: 7
Plant Stipple Index: 1

Get outside, take a deep breath, and enjoy it.
As always, stay hydrated and we'll see you next Friday!

Brought to you by the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, Sanofi US, Center for Astrophysics l Harvard & Smithsonian , and viewers like you. Thank you!

06/17/2026

Thank you Pierre Capital Journal for writing about our Brand New Summer Events!

Want to find out when our next event is? Check out our Event Calendar: https://mms.sd-discovery.org/members/calendar4_responsive.php?org_id=SDDC

https://www.capjournal.com/news/local/summer-programming-blends-entertainment-and-education-at-discovery-center

The summer season has come to the South Dakota Discovery Center and this brings a host of new programming that serve to make education entertaining and science fun.

06/12/2026

Happy Friday, Pierre!

Welcome back to Share the Air, your weekly peek at what's floating around in our local air!

Our Ozone Garden is still waking up this season. The little plants are sprouting and we've even spotted a few nibble marks from some local critters 🐛 Next week we should be able to start taking our first real ozone readings. Stay tuned!

This week's AQI: 2

Our Purple Air monitor is 🟢 green! Get outside, take a deep breath, and enjoy it.

As always, stay hydrated and we'll see you next Friday!

Brought to you by the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, Sanofi US, the Center for Astrophysics l Harvard & Smithsonian, and viewers like you. Thank you!

06/10/2026

We are so grateful for the Pierre-Fort Pierre Kiwanis! Thanks to their generous $1,500 donation, admission to our Moon Movie Monday screenings this summer are FREE! Send a huge thank you to Kiwanis because support like theirs is what makes experiences like these possible.

We hope to catch you at the next screening on June 22nd!

Thanks to a $1,500 donation from the Pierre-Fort Pierre Kiwanis Club, screenings of the South Dakota Discovery Center's summer Moon Movie Monday program are free to the public! Screenings are held every other Monday, beginning June 8. On hand for the donation were, from left, Don Hoepfer, Kiwanis President; and Discovery Center staff Jennifer McIntyre, Marketing and Development Director; Allison Graviett-Pfaff, Exhibit Hall Manager; and Anne Lewis, Executive Director. For more information visit sd-discovery.org

06/05/2026

Happy Friday!

Meet our newest program at the South Dakota Discovery Center: Share the Air! Every Friday, we bring you a local air quality update straight from our very own Ozone Garden, where we use plants to track ground-level pollution in real time.

Join our Summer STEM Educator Intern, Kendra Rounds, as she walks you through this week's Share the Air report what's in our air, what it means for your health, and whether it's a great day to get outside or take it easy.

We're so excited to share this new program.

Learn more about Kendra Rounds on our Youtube Page!
https://www.youtube.com/

Brought to you by Sanofi US and the Center for Astrophysics l Harvard & Smithsonian

05/28/2026

New life is buzzing at the Center! Our bees are making brood and you can watch the magic happen up close with our SpyHive Observation Hive by Beequip NZ For Innovative Bee Products. From egg to worker bee, witness the full life cycle of a honey bee colony right before your eyes. Come see what all the buzz is about!

05/18/2026

We're Bee-yond excited about our grand opening of our new observation hive this Wednesday for World Bee Day, and admission is completely FREE!

Come and join us watch the unveiling, meet our friendly bees, and join in on the fun by exploring the rest of the bug-related exhibitions and getting hands-on with activities led by STEM Educators!

Thank you to the South Dakota Agricultural Foundation for sponsoring SDDC's new Observation Hive and thank you to the Pierre-Fort Pierre Rotary Club
for sponsoring free admission to the SDDC exhibit hall.

05/15/2026

We are so grateful to BankWest - South Dakota and Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines for their grant to the Discovery Center!

These funds will help us make our Outdoor Living Lab in Pierre, A Space that engages Youth and families in learning and exploring nature, make sure to stay tuned to learn more about it!

This kind of support is what helps us build a space where kids can ask big questions and fall in love with learning. We couldn't do it without partners like Bankwest!

https://www.bankwest-sd.bank/resources/learn/bankwest-blog/march-2026/bankwest-pierre-and-fhlb-award-$148-750-to-area-orgs

05/11/2026

Little Explorers Hunting for worms was a blast!

Don't forget to sign up for the next Little Explorers; What's the Buzz? June 6th (only 7 spots remain!!)

Register Here: https://mms.sd-discovery.org/members/evr/reg_event.php?evid=64149791&orgcode=SDDC